MANILA, Philippines — The 401 record-high single-day due to COVID-19 reported on Friday included deaths from as early as January, but were only recently validated, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
In a televised briefing on Saturday, DOH spokesperson Usec. Ma. Rosario Vergeire said the figure includes seven deaths in January, 45 in February and 287 in March.
“Ito po kasi yung continuous kasi tayo na nagva-validate ng deaths and the sources of information coming from the local government and the hospitals,” Vergeire explained.
(This is from our continuous validation of deaths and the sources of information coming from the local governments an…
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